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"GENOCIDE" FANTASY AND LOST FUTURE
Rufiz Hafizoglu
Trend
March 12 2010
Azerbaijan
The resolution recognizing the so-called Armenian genocide was
unexpected for Ankara but for Armenia it was a step towards a
successful future.
Although the protocols signed between Ankara and Yerevan in October
2009 seem at first sight in favor of Ankara, the opposition of the
protocols by the Armenian lobby and Armenian nationalists indicates
that they are not doing any good to the country.
Using the tense Armenian-Turkish relations and complaints against
Turkey, Armenia seeks to stay afloat at any price. Claims regarding
the genocide and the territories are the most important issues for
the Armenian lobby's activities.
Based on the signed protocol, Yerevan had to renounce all genocide
claims and set up a joint commission to investigate the 1915 events.
However, Yerevan has stated that it will not abandon the claims.
Armenia is a hostage of the Armenian lobby, not only in foreign,
but also in the domestic policy.
Naturally, it is meaningless to think about the ratification of the
Ankara-Yerevan protocols by the Turkish Parliament after Armenia's
Constituently Court amendments.
Of course, if genocide did take place as Armenia believes, then many
countries would insist on the establishment of a joint committee to
prove this. The fact that such a requirement has not yet been done
either by Ankara or Yerevan demonstrates the absence genocide.
Although the Turkish Foreign Ministry officially urged the U.S.
government not to discuss the so-called genocide in the U.S. Congress,
a Foreign Affairs Committee adopted a resolution recognizing the
genocide with 23 to 22 votes.
Ankara did not wait to answer and the same week recalled its ambassador
in the United States, Namik Tan.
The events in 1997 were similar, despite the adoption of a resolution
by the U.S. Congress.
Jewish lobby is involved in the adoption of the so-called Armenian
genocide by the U.S. Congress, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip
Erdogan said during his official visit to Riyadh.
If you pay attention to this statement and what was happening in
the recent past between Ankara and Tel Aviv, you can clearly see the
dissatisfaction of the Jewish lobby with Erdogan's government. In fact,
it was a "yellow card" for the Erdogan government.
I wonder whether Ankara will be able to resolve the genocide issue,
which has been a headache for Turkey for many years.
Given today's strategic partnership between Ankara and Washington, and
in particular the cooperation in the Middle East, Iraq and Afghanistan,
we can say that the United States does not want to lose such a valuable
ally as Turkey.
The developments offer the Armenian government an opportunity to learn
because there is a reality that Armenia and the Armenian lobby can not
accept. This reality is that the superpowers have always manipulated
the future of the Armenian people through a bargaining chip and a
false genocide.
Rufiz Hafizoglu
Trend
March 12 2010
Azerbaijan
The resolution recognizing the so-called Armenian genocide was
unexpected for Ankara but for Armenia it was a step towards a
successful future.
Although the protocols signed between Ankara and Yerevan in October
2009 seem at first sight in favor of Ankara, the opposition of the
protocols by the Armenian lobby and Armenian nationalists indicates
that they are not doing any good to the country.
Using the tense Armenian-Turkish relations and complaints against
Turkey, Armenia seeks to stay afloat at any price. Claims regarding
the genocide and the territories are the most important issues for
the Armenian lobby's activities.
Based on the signed protocol, Yerevan had to renounce all genocide
claims and set up a joint commission to investigate the 1915 events.
However, Yerevan has stated that it will not abandon the claims.
Armenia is a hostage of the Armenian lobby, not only in foreign,
but also in the domestic policy.
Naturally, it is meaningless to think about the ratification of the
Ankara-Yerevan protocols by the Turkish Parliament after Armenia's
Constituently Court amendments.
Of course, if genocide did take place as Armenia believes, then many
countries would insist on the establishment of a joint committee to
prove this. The fact that such a requirement has not yet been done
either by Ankara or Yerevan demonstrates the absence genocide.
Although the Turkish Foreign Ministry officially urged the U.S.
government not to discuss the so-called genocide in the U.S. Congress,
a Foreign Affairs Committee adopted a resolution recognizing the
genocide with 23 to 22 votes.
Ankara did not wait to answer and the same week recalled its ambassador
in the United States, Namik Tan.
The events in 1997 were similar, despite the adoption of a resolution
by the U.S. Congress.
Jewish lobby is involved in the adoption of the so-called Armenian
genocide by the U.S. Congress, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip
Erdogan said during his official visit to Riyadh.
If you pay attention to this statement and what was happening in
the recent past between Ankara and Tel Aviv, you can clearly see the
dissatisfaction of the Jewish lobby with Erdogan's government. In fact,
it was a "yellow card" for the Erdogan government.
I wonder whether Ankara will be able to resolve the genocide issue,
which has been a headache for Turkey for many years.
Given today's strategic partnership between Ankara and Washington, and
in particular the cooperation in the Middle East, Iraq and Afghanistan,
we can say that the United States does not want to lose such a valuable
ally as Turkey.
The developments offer the Armenian government an opportunity to learn
because there is a reality that Armenia and the Armenian lobby can not
accept. This reality is that the superpowers have always manipulated
the future of the Armenian people through a bargaining chip and a
false genocide.